A beauty salon that was rebuffed in an attempt to gain space on Irving Street has found a new home on St. Georges Avenue. Heavenly Hair Styles plans a grand opening this month at its new location near West Grand/Westfield avenues.
The Redevelopment Agency last month failed to approve a zoning overlay, by a 3-3-1 vote, that would have exempted the salon from a city ordinance that prohibits personal service businesses within 1,000 feet of each other.
Commissioners are expected to memorialize a resolution on the overlay at their next meeting (Nov. 12), according to Cynthia Solomon, director of community development and secretary to the agency.
No surprises but here are Rahway’s unofficial election results for anyone interested, which do not include absentee ballots.
Not salon related, but can someone recommend a good laundromat in Rahway or somewhere close?
Happy to hear that the salon found a suitable location. I wish the owner good luck and hope the salon is a success.
Isn’t there a salon already on that block? Will this be deja vu all over again?
“Isn’t there a salon already on that block? Will this be deja vu all over again?”Maybe there is, but I think the “service business” restrictions are targeted at downtown Rahway, and my guess is that the new location does not fall into that category.
see! now how hard was that? now they got a great spot on the main drag. watch out for the speeding cars.;)
It appears this salon will replace another one previously at that site, but I can’t recall the name. You can probably see the old one via Google’s Street View.Apologies for not mentioning that in the original post.